SOLUTION TO "WHY L.A. traffic sucks #8: Pesky annoying quirks: Dips and Potholes"

RE: my own post: WHY L.A. traffic sucks #8: Pesky annoying quirks: Dips and Potholes (Wednesday, May 03, 2006)

Scanning the webpages of http://www.lacity.org I came across the solution to this problem:

http://www.lacity.org/BOSS/index.htm

"The Bureau of Street Services delivers valuable services to customers in a timely, easy-to-do, business-with manner that positively impacts the quality of life for the community. Every customer contact is a positive experience resolved with courtesy, empathy, and professionalism. We maximize our funding potential."

But these "valuable services to customers" are not about to deliver themselves. YOU have to request them. Dips, potholes, torn-up streets, or any of the other problems below, slow down traffic. So if you are aware of any of these, especially dips, potholes or torn-up streets anywhere in L.A., please fill out the request form or call the number below.
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http://www.lacity.org/boss/request.htm

Bureau of Street Services
Service Request Form

This form is intended to be used by the public as an easy way of submitting Street Services Service Requests electronically.
Please complete the items below and select Submit.

If this is an emergency, please call us on (800) 996-CITY or (800) 996-2489. You must be using a Forms-capable WWW client to be able to submit comments.

If your WWW browser does not allow you to submit this form,
please e-mail your request to: BOSS@bss.lacity.org

Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
email Address:
Type of Problem (please select one of the following}:

Pothole or request for street repairs
Street Needs Resurfacing
Tree needs Trimming
Tree or branch fell in street
Alley needs cleaning
Street needs sweeping
Object/debris in street
Leaf blower violation
Broken or damaged sidewalks
Sidewalk obstruction
Problem with/on median island
Damaged guardrails
Downed palmfronds
Others

Enter problem description below:

Enter below the location/closest address to the problem
(If no address, please tell us the name of the street and the nearest cross street)

Enter additional comments below:

Reset: Submit:

Thank you for your input. Please feel free to e-mail us, if this form will not work for your web browser: BOSS@bss.lacity.org
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There you go!
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WHY L.A. traffic sucks #8: Pesky annoying quirks: Dips and Potholes

WHY L.A. TRAFFIC SUCKS #8: PESKY, ANNOYING LITTLE QUIRKS THAT SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC: Dips and Potholes

DIPS:

Try the ones on California in Santa Monica or the ones on any street parallel to Santa Monica Blvd. and north of it in Beverly Hills before all STOP signs (yes, yes, yes, these are actually "speed bumps" to discourage drivers from taking this route instead of clogged Santa Monica Blvd. and disturb exclusive Beverly Hills residents, right?), or, better yet, try the MOTHER OF ALL DIPS on Crescent Heights at Third : either drive an SUV or wreck your Bearmer or Mercedes (or Ferrari) on that murderous one!

Who the hell ever thought of "dips" for ANY reason or purpose? Dips are either inverted "speed bumps" or simply sloppy workmanship. What is the purpose of that horrible DIP on the north side of Crescent Heights at Third Street, pray tell? What purpose does it serve except to slow down traffic? And WHAT will it take for the city of L.A. to fix it? I'm sure it's not on their list of priorities, even though that murderous dip is slowing down traffic, aggravating drivers and I wouldn't be surprised if it's causing some accidents. Someone driving a HIGH SUV with huge tires will not slow down as much over that dip. But someone driving a LOW brand-new Japanese car probably will. If the SUV is behind the Japanese car and the SUV is going at high speed to cross that intersection, it might ram itself into the slowing Japanese car. To avoid any such ocurrance that MURDEROUS DIP needs to be leveled, smoothed over perfectly and REMOVED forever.

POTHOLES:

Hollywood!! Try the stretch of Sunset Blvd. from La Brea to Highland. Try Orange down near Santa Monica and the streets behind the north-west side of Santa Monica and Highland: completely TORN UP (WHY is Hollywood such a dump? Would ANYONE care to explain that one to me? WHERE is all that "glamour" that they display on TV? Is all that ONLY for Oscar night?). Westwood-Bel-Air: Try the right lane of Sunset from Beverly Glenn to about Veteran. The right lane is all TORN UP. Venice: Many parts of Lincoln: all TORN UP.

Do I need say more? Whoever is not driving an SUV and doesn't want to wreck their car, WILL slow down on that stretch of road.

SOLUTION #8: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX IT?

A modern city needs well-paved roads to keep traffic flowing smoothly. There are parts of L.A. where one wonders, "Do they even pay their taxes here? And if they do, WHERE is that money going?"

People pay their taxes in this city, don't they? Then GIVE THEM BACK THEIR MONEY'S WORTH. A city of SO MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE who pay their taxes DESERVE WELL-PAVED ROADS. Torn-up roads full of dips and potholes affect traffic: there is NO question about it.
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